You tell yourself you’ll unwind once that last email is sent, the dishes are done, or the report is completed. But when you do sit, that half-finished task finds its way back in. If this sounds familiar, it’s not just you who is not wired for stress. According to decades of psychological research, your brain is just doing what it’s built to do: keeping unfinished business alive until it gets resolved.
Your brain keeps a running tab on everything you haven't finished
